Teaching Academic Skills Through the Exploration of Music
Sloan Edward Williams III
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l. See 2-4 in “goals, strategies and objectives” section.
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2. During the first class have introduction exercises like k-2. See (1.) in k-1 section. Hand out jounals and have students write their first entry. It is always helpful to have an example of the journal entry on the board.
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3. Most students at this level have seen “Star Wars”; have the class divide in to two groups. Get a copy of the CD of all the themes to “Star Wars” with the music by John Williams. Tell the class that you are going to have a musical contest and that the team with the most points wins. The rules of the game are that each team gets a turn at listening to the CD, and each student gets a chance to name the movie character on the CD. If the person does not correctly identify the theme of the moive character, the tum goes to the next team. Each student that gets the character right, gets a point for their team.
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4. At the end of the class, have each student write in their jounal the vocabulary words for the week.
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5. Have the class discuss what they have learned about films, words, and music themes.
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6. Homework: Find out what musical instrument has 88 keys and starts with the letter “P” ? Make up a short tune that best describes or fits someone in your family. This includes pets as family. The tune must be at least eight counts long but no longer than fifthteen counts.